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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6: The Fruits of Long Endeavors; Atossa's War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Doctors began to associate _______________________ with various forms of cancer.
(a) Dirty jobs.
(b) Tobacco and cigarettes.
(c) Soot.
(d) Drinking.

2. In 1963, three men visited Oscar Auerbach. Why?
(a) He was a very wealthy entrepreneur who could financially back cancer studies.
(b) He was the CEO of a major cigarette company.
(c) He was one of the foremost pathologists and a top choice when choosing a scientist that may be able to find the cause of lung cancer.
(d) He was the head of oncology at Johns Hopkins.

3. In 1969, the New York Times published an open letter to ___________________ begging him to support cancer research.
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Jimmy Carter.
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower.

4. What was this one physical place?
(a) The surgery ward.
(b) The radiation ward.
(c) The cancer ward.
(d) The chemotherapy ward.

5. How does Mukherjee end the book?
(a) With Farber's cancer story.
(b) With the tale of Atossa.
(c) With Carla's story.
(d) With a tale of Gemaine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Henry Kaplan?

2. One tenet is that all bodies are made up of cells. A second tenet is that cells arise only from what?

3. Orman was diagnosed with what?

4. Due to the resistance of patient involvement, the clinical trials lasted for __________ years.

5. _________________ began to resurrect the concept of counting.

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